Transparency Catalog (en-US) Blog

Tight, Dry & Durable: Building Envelope Excellence

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:45:00 -0400

Discover how high‑performance systems, advanced barriers, and next‑gen window technology work together to keep buildings truly tight, dry, and durable. This session brings the envelope to life—showing how every layer contributes to comfort, durability, and long‑term performance. Learn about how these category leaders make their products, why they provide transparency documentation and what they've learned along the way.

Learn from Sustainable Minds about how Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library is making low-carbon and healthy material selection accessible to all project teams! You'll want their products in your Projects & Libraries, and we've made it easy to add them.

With special guests

Travis Cacciatori, National Sales Manager | Knight Wall Systems
Tiffany Coppock, Commercial Building Systems Specialist | Owens Corning
Kimberly Lombardozzi, Sustainability Manager | W.R. Meadows
Issac Sorensen, National Architectural Sales Manager | W.R. Meadows
Terry Swack, Founder & CEO | Sustainable Minds – Moderator

Join us to learn about

What ‘high‑performance’ means across durability, comfort, resilience, environmental performance, and material health—and how these attributes guide what MFRs make and what AECOs select, specify, and procure.
Each brand’s history, product innovations, transparency journey and how product transparency data supports better specification decisions
How AECO organizations use Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library to collaboratively build their materials knowledge base with live, up-to-date product and transparency content and real-time CMF, AIA Materials Pledge and LEED v5 status reporting

Visit the Transparency Catalog to select, specify & procure their products.

KNIGHT WALL SYSTEMS, founded in 2010 and led by Doug Knight, is a leader in innovative cladding support solutions. Headquartered in Deer Park, WA, the company pioneers rainscreen and thermal isolation technologies, earning multiple industry awards. Committed to safety, reliability, and high performance, all products are proudly made in the USA.

OWENS CORNING develops, manufactures and markets insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites. The company’s market-leading businesses use their deep expertise in materials, manufacturing and building science to develop products and systems that save energy and improve comfort in commercial and residential buildings.

W. R. MEADOWS designs, manufactures, and markets high quality building materials for today’s construction professionals. We’re a family-owned and operated company focusing on product quality, outstanding service, and business integrity since our founding in 1926.

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Get a free Transparency Catalog account and get notified about evaluating for your organization.

CMF Alignment & AIA Materials Pledge real-time project status reports

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Feels like magic, but it’s not.

That’s the experience of Project Builder & Library’s real-time status reports — but there’s no magic involved. We’ve operationalized the Common Materials Framework (CMF) into live, actionable reporting. Get instant clarity on your progress towards complex goals with unparalleled, structured data delivered through intelligent, user-centered design.

There are ZERO manual steps to create these reports. They are always available and update in real-time as you add products to Projects, with live up-to-date transparency documents.

Join us to learn about

For AECO teams: how the CMF is integrated into the Transparency Catalog to power real‑time status reporting in Project Builder & Library — making sustainable material decisions understandable, actionable, and scalable.

Why AI alone isn’t the answer: AI may promise possibilities, but if workflows still require many manual steps, it creates friction and wasted time. AI is only as effective as the data behind it and the interface that delivers it.
For manufacturers: how your products with CMF transparency documents are getting added to the Projects & Libraries of the most targeted AECOs via the Transparency Catalog.

Having products with transparency documents gives you a competitive edge. Equally important is a delivery system that puts them in front of project teams and specifiers. The Transparency Catalog makes these products findable and actionable so the data actually drives specification.

LEED v5 pilot materials credits and industry pledges: What MFRs & AECO teams need to know

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

LEED v5 now includes three materials credits covering interior, MEP and exterior products. Alongside the BPSP credit and the aligned AIA Materials Pledge, two pilot credits expand coverage to all building products, each aligned with an industry pledge: the MEP 2040 Commitment and the ASLA Climate Action Plan.

Material & Resources Credit
1. Building Product Selection & Procurement (BPSP)

Material & Resources Pilot Credits
2. Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Products
3. Structure, Enclosure, Hardscape, and Other Building Materials

Manufacturers of MEP, structure, enclosure, hardscape, and other building materials: your prospects are prioritizing products with EPDs and other transparency documents — it’s in the pledges. These give you a competitive edge to win business and get your products into projects.

Exciting update, now live!
Real-time CMF & AIA Materials Pledge reports

Feels like magic (but it’s not). No manual steps. Reports are always available and update in real time as you add products to Projects.

We'll preview the LEED v5 status reports for all three material and low-emitting credits demonstrating how we’ve operationalized the Common Materials Framework (CMF) into live, actionable reporting.

Join us to learn how manufacturers can create product-specific and optimized EPDs and other transparency documents — and how AECO teams use them to document carbon and health performance, earn credits, and meet pledge commitments.

We'll demonstrate

For manufacturers: how products with EPDs and transparency documents get added to the most targeted AECO's Projects & Libraries via the Transparency Catalog.
For AECO teams: how Project Builder & Library presents those products and documents in real-time AIA Materials Pledge and LEED v5 status reports, giving instant clarity on progress toward credits and commitments.

Real-time AIA Materials Pledge and LEED v5 status reports

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:09:00 -0500

Did we miss you at GREENBUILD or you weren't able to attend?

We shared a lot of exciting news (we've added all low-VOC certificates) and innovations! The highlight was our Booth Talk demonstrating how the AIA Materials Pledge and LEED v5 BPSP MR credit use the mindful MATERIALS Common Materials Framework, and how our new real-time status reports in Project Builder & Library make reporting achievable, understandable and easier for all project teams.

Join us for a live reboot with special guests

• Wes Sullens, LEED Fellow, Director, LEED | USGBC
• Jay Hindmarsh, AIA Materials Pledge Co-Chair | Miller Hull Partnership
• Terry Swack, Founder & CEO | Sustainable Minds

You'll learn about how we're working with organizations of all types and sizes to standardize high-performance material selection.

Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library, the only collaborative solution for creating a knowledge base of products & materials that meet carbon impact AND human health goals.

• Make ‘good’ materials consistently
• Preserve product research
• Reuse previous project decisions
• Close the selection to specification process gap

We're making low-carbon and healthy material selection accessible to all project teams by making the transparency information easy to understand & use, not just easy to find.

ICC-ES and Sustainable Minds Collaborate to Increase Environmental Product Transparency

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:31:00 -0500

Bringing together design and construction stakeholders to put more
high-performance products into projects

Join David and Terry to learn about:

How this initiative streamlines access to high-performance, code compliant products

Discover the value of investing in product safety and transparency.

How AECOs can make informed high-performance product choices

Gain valuable insights into leveraging the Transparency Catalog with clear, understandable data on products and materials.

How manufacturers will benefit from the key products and services

How to get started on ICC-ES Evaluation Report and PCR/LCA/ Transparency Report [EPD]™ projects to get your brand and products into the Transparency Catalog.

How code officials can better promote safety and sustainability

“The awareness and demand for high-performance building materials has been accelerating with the recognition of the built environment's impacts on human health and the natural environment. Building stakeholders need to be able to account for embodied carbon emissions, improved material health, reuse and waste reduction, resiliency and safety. By combining Sustainable Minds’ product transparency solutions with ICC-ES’s technical expertise and international reach to building officials, we will help the industry more reliably get high-performance products into projects.” – Terry Swack

“Manufacturers are increasingly looking for ways to demonstrate both environmental performance and compliance with building codes. By pairing ICC-ES’s trusted product evaluations with Sustainable Minds’ PCR / LCA / EPD expertise and digital solutions, we are helping manufacturers position their products for confident specification, while reinforcing safety as a core component of high performance.”
– David Tompos

Sustainable Minds and ICC-ES at Greenbuild | Nov 5-6, 2025

For AECOs: Standardize high-performance material selection in your organization

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:03:00 -0400

Collaboratively create your materials knowledge base
Low carbon and healthy material selection made understandable
Live, up-to-date transparency documents, thousands of brands
Real-time AIA Material Pledge & LEED v5 status reports

Designed to support new workflows for how your organization wants to work.

Designed with input and evaluation from 100s of building industry pros, AECOs can now collaboratively capture knowledge & experience to build their own:
• Internal digital product libraries / knowledge bases
• Projects, project templates and product collections
…according to youe own selection criteria with live, up-to-date product and transparency content.

Libraries are where people in your organization can save your favorite products. Projects are containers for products where teams can collaboratively research, evaluate and select brands and products.
• Specific entire projects
• Room types
• Specific selection criteria
• MasterFormat section expert’s choices

This is a knowledge base for ALL materials, not just high-performance. Add any MFRs and their products. If they’re not in the catalog, it’s because (most likely) they don’t have EPDs and/or material disclosures for the North American market. We’re making it easy for you to audit and substitute products that do. It’s how we’re helping to mainstream high-performance material selection.

Coming soon! Real-time Common Materials Framework (CMF) reports

Real-time Common Materials Framework (CMF) status reports automatically categorize all project sustainability documents by their corresponding CMF impact areas. This ensures seamless data flow from your selected products directly into dynamic reports, offering insights through different reporting perspectives.

The Reports tab will include real-time reports for your entire project, the AIA Materials Pledge and LEED v5 BPSP and LEM MR credits.

Project Builder & Library operationalizes product selection and closes the gaps in workflow, data and tools between each stage – from design to specification, planning, building and management – revolutionizing the end-to-end process for teams.

Try Project Builder & Library! Get a Free Transparency Catalog account and get notified about evaluating for your organization. OR, get in touch to schedule a demo for your team.

For Building Product Manufacturers: Get your products into Projects & Libraries

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:01:00 -0400

Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library is the only high-performance product selection, specification & selection intelligence solution that gets your products into Projects and Libraries – and you'll know about it.

We’ve uniquely merged the capabilities and benefits of 3 tool categories that building product MFRs use today to get their products into projects:
1. High-performance (sustainable) product platforms
2. Selection & specification tools
3. Selection intelligence & insights reports

Who is this for?

Every BPM anywhere in the world making products & materials for the North American market investing in product transparency who wants to grow their business in the high-performance building & construction industry.

Annual subscription options for BPMs of all types and sizes

Activated Listings: A microsite of your company’s web site through the lens of transparency. Unique product table design displays products, linked to the product pages on your web site, correlated with all the transparency documents for that product.

Includes: Contact form, social sharing, sales training, your own dedicated customer success representative and access to the Manufacturers’ Competitive Analytics Dashboard.

Free Listings: All your transparency documents in each MasterFormat section, a link to your web site. No product or contact information. We create and maintain these for you.

NEW Optimized Free listing + Competitive Analytics: One-time service, no subscription required! Organize, consolidate, and categorize your transparency documents in your listing(s) to ensure they are all there, up-to-date, and display accurately in search results and in Project Builder & Library.
Includes access to the Analytics Dashboard.

CEMCO’s long partnership with Sustainable Minds has proven to be an invaluable investment in our success in support of sustainable solutions for the construction industry. As quickly as the industry evolves, Sustainable Minds has been at the forefront and continues to support CEMCO through one of the most successful partnerships in our history. Partnering with ICC-ES, another world-class organization, is an incredible opportunity to increase visibility and secure continuity and transparency when it comes to project specifications.
– Steve Farkas | Director of Business Development, CEMCO

Get your materials selected, specified and procured by the most targeted and motivated AECOs in the high-performance building industry

Get in touch. If your company has a Free listing, let’s discuss the opportunities for your company now. If your company does NOT have a free listing, let’s discuss your PCR / LCA / EPD and material ingredient disclosure opportunities.

We are creating demand, and rewarding MFRs, for product transparency.

ICC-ES and Sustainable Minds Announce Strategic Collaboration to Increase Environmental Product Transparency

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:46:00 -0400

David Tompos, Executive Vice President of Conformity Assessment Group, ICC-ES and Terry Swack, CEO of Sustainable Minds sign a memorandum of understanding in the mutual interest of advancing the use of high-performance, code-compliant, and innovative building products and materials.

Initiative brings together design and construction stakeholders to put more high-performance products into projects

Brea, Calif. Oct 27, 2025 – ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) and Sustainable Minds, LLC, today announced a strategic initiative to promote product transparency (environmental performance and material health), and conformity assessment in high-performance building design and construction.

This collaborative effort between two organizations dedicated to advancing the built environment will benefit building product manufacturers, design and construction professionals, facility managers, owners, and building officials by expanding awareness, adoption, and use of high-performance, code-compliant, and innovative building products and materials.

Aligned in their missions to deliver industry-leading solutions through strategic collaboration, ICC-ES and Sustainable Minds bring complementary strengths to the initiative. Sustainable Minds is the only end-to-end product transparency solutions provider for building product manufacturers today. The company is an ISO 14025 EPD / PCR program operator committed to understandable and reliable reporting, provides LCA services and delivers innovative digital tools to get products into projects. The Transparency Catalog™, the leading source of building & construction products for high-performance, low-carbon, healthier buildings, makes it easy for industry professionals to collaboratively select, specify, and procure products – and reward building product manufacturers for making them.

ICC-ES, in turn, contributes decades of building code expertise, code official approval and trust, and independent conformity assessment processes that verify building product code compliance and safety. Because of ICC’s reach to thousands of authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) across North America and globally, Transparency Catalog visibility and use is intended to increase exponentially, rewarding manufacturers who have invested in product transparency (EPDs, material health disclosures and low-emitting certifications) by having their products sourced and added to many more projects.

“Manufacturers are increasingly looking for ways to demonstrate both environmental performance and compliance with building codes,” said David Tompos, Executive Vice President of ICC’s Conformity Assessment Group. “By pairing ICC-ES’s trusted product evaluations with Sustainable Minds’ PCR / LCA / EPD expertise and digital solutions, we are helping manufacturers position their products for confident specification, while reinforcing safety as a core component of high performance.”

To learn more and get involved:

Visit Sustainable Minds and ICC-ES at Greenbuild 2025 International Conference & Expo, November 5-6, Booth #829. Use promoExhibitorGuest25 to get a free Expo Hall pass. 

Register for the Sustainable Minds ICC-ES Partnership webinar, with David Tompos and Terry Swack, November 18, 2:00 pm ET

About ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES)
ICC-ES, a member of the International Code Council family of solutions, is the leading provider of technical evaluations and certifications for building products, materials, and systems. Its work ensures products meet code requirements and support safe, sustainable, and resilient construction worldwide. Learn more at www.icc-es.org.

About Sustainable Minds
Sustainable Minds is an innovation company dedicated to advancing product transparency, environmental performance and material health in the built environment. Its award-winning software and digital solutions have defined the PCR, LCA, and EPD space for more than 15 years, helping manufacturers, architects, and engineers design, select, specify and procure environmentally higher-performing products with confidence.

GAF & Unilock

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:16:00 -0400

Sneak preview!

Automatic mindful MATERIALS CMF document classification to support real-time AIA Material Pledge and LEED v5 MR credit tracking

As the industry works to reduce the impacts of design & construction materials, you can now find transparency documents for practically every type of product and material you specify, from roofs to roads!

Category leaders, GAF and Unilock, have been at the forefront of innovation and transparency since early days. Join us to learn about how they make their products, why they provide EPDs, HPDs and Declare Labels and what they've learned along the way.

Learn from Sustainable Minds about how Project Builder & Library is making low-carbon and healthy material selection accessible to all project teams!

With special guests

Jeff Terry, VP CSR & Sustainability | GAF
Elaine Willis, Director of Sustainability | Unilock
Terry Swack, Founder & CEO | Sustainable Minds – Moderator

Join us to learn about

Each brand's history, transparency journey stories and product innovations
Their learnings and benefits from creating EPDs and material disclosures
How to use Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library to collaboratively build your organization's materials knowledge base of projects, templates and collections, according to your own selection criteria, with live, up-to-date product and transparency content

Visit the Transparency Catalog to select, specify & procure their products.

As the roofing industry leader, GAF is proud to promote sustainability in all areas of our business. Unilock is North America's premier manufacturer of concrete interlocking paving stones and segmental retaining wall products.

Try Project Builder & Library! Get a free Transparency Catalog account & get notified about evaluating for your organization.

W. R. Meadows Releases Environmental Product Declarations for Key Product Lines

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:11:00 -0400

HAMPSHIRE, IL, UNITED STATES, August 25, 2025 (EINPresswire.com) --
W. R. MEADOWS is proud to announce the release of third-party verified environmental product declarations (EPDs) for 16 of our most widely used solutions. This marks a significant milestone in our long-term sustainability initiative, designed to increase product transparency and help customers meet their environmental goals.

EPDs are comprehensive documents that disclose the environmental impact of a product throughout its lifecycle; from raw material extraction to manufacturing and beyond. Based on internationally recognized lifecycle assessment (LCA) standards, EPDs provide critical information to help designers, specifiers, and builders make informed, environmentally responsible product selections. They also contribute to green building certifications such as LEED, BREEAM, Green Globes, and others.

“Providing product transparency through EPDs helps our customers meet their sustainability goals,” said Kimberly Lombardozzi, Sustainability Manager at W. R. MEADOWS. “We believe in making environmentally responsible decisions and giving our customers the information they need to do the same. These EPDs are just the beginning, and we look forward to expanding this initiative.”

EPDs were developed in collaboration with Sustainable Minds, using an integrative approach utilizing their LCA delivery services, expert guidance, ISO 14025 EPD program operator services, and third-party verification from Athena Institute. This achievement reinforces W. R. MEADOWS’ commitment to supporting environmentally conscious construction through both product innovation and transparent communication.

The initial set of EPDs covers a range of high-performance air barriers, waterproofing membranes, primers, and concrete curing compounds. For a full list of available EPDs and to download individual declarations, please visit: wrmeadows.com/green-building/environmental-product-declaration-epd. To find all products with transparency documents, visit the W. R. MEADOWS listing in the Sustainable Minds Transparency Catalog: transparencycatalog.com/company/w-r-meadows.

In addition to EPDs, W. R. MEADOWS has been supporting sustainable, environmentally-conscious design with several other technical documents, including sustainability letters, Health Product Declarations (HPDs), Living Building Challenge letters, and more. W. R. MEADOWS is proud to provide this documentation, and the inclusion of products with EPDs is an additional data point to help inform clients' sustainability initiatives.

Founded in 1926, W. R. MEADOWS is a family-owned manufacturer specializing in building envelope and concrete construction materials. For nearly a century, W. R. MEADOWS has focused on developing products that protect, preserve, and enhance construction projects. For more information or to view the newly published EPDs, please visit www.wrmeadows.com.

Sustainable Minds is the only end-to-end product transparency solutions provider for building product manufacturers today. The company is an ISO 14025 EPD / PCR program operator committed to understandable and reliable reporting; provides LCA, material evaluation and carbon accounting services; and delivers innovative digital tools to get products into projects. The Transparency Catalog™, the leading source of building and construction products for high-performance, low-carbon and healthier buildings, makes it super easy for industry professionals to collaboratively select, specify, and procure products, and reward building product manufacturers for making them.

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Product transparency in today’s global economy – Industry perspectives

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:25:00 -0400

From transparency to tariffs, get the inside story on what's happening in these industries – direct from trusted sources. Industry associations continue to lead the creation of product transparency standards, while navigating current economic complexities. AECOs rely on MFRs and suppliers for EPDs and other sustainability documents, making it more important than ever to ask for, and reward, product transparency.

Now you can easily drive demand and reward MFRs for product transparency. Project Builder & Library makes it simple to request Sustainable Minds contact your MFRs of choice to create more EPDs, material disclosures, and sustainability documentation for inclusion in the Transparency Catalog – and in your Projects & Libraries.

MFRs, every week AECOs contact us to contact you about activating your Free listing. Why wait until you're asked?

Erin Smith, Deputy Director, EHS & Recycling | Copper Development Assoc.
Marcin Pazera, Senior Director, Technical Affairs | PIMA
Sarah B. Gregg, Sustainability Mgr., Marketing Dir. | Natural Stone Institute
Terry Swack, Founder & CEO | Sustainable Minds – Moderator

Join us to learn about

Global transparency trends in each industry: Is N. America ahead, behind or simply different?
Tariffs: Potential outcomes, positive and negative
Current transparency projects: What each organization has underway
Reporting trends: Increasing or decreasing and how can AECOs help
Using Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library to collaboratively build your organization's materials knowledge base, with live, up-to-date product and transparency content and how to create demand for more

See the Transparency Catalog to select, specify & procure members' products.

Copper Development Association (CDA) is a US-based, not-for-profit association bringing together North American copper and copper alloy semis fabricators, global copper mining and production industries. CDA is committed to promoting the proper use of copper in sustainable, efficient applications for business, industry, and the home.

Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA) serves as the voice of the rigid polyiso industry and is one of the foremost advocates for building energy-efficiency practices and policies. PIMA represents the public policy interests of the polyiso industry at the local, national, and international levels to advance the message of high-performance building construction.

Natural Stone Institute (NSI) is a trade association representing every aspect of the natural stone industry with membership exceeding 2,000 members in over 50 nations. NSI offers a wide array of technical and training resources, professional development opportunities, regulatory advocacy, and networking events. Natural stone is an easy solution to many green building goals. It is nearly complete as a building material in its natural state since nature does most of the manufacturing.

Try Project Builder & Library! Get a free Transparency Catalog account and get notified about evaluating for your organization. Sustainable Minds is an official mindful MATERIALS Technology Partner.

Standardizing high-performance material selection across your organization

Tue, 27 May 2025 10:46:00 -0400

Are you trying to standardize high-performance material selection in your organization? It's not just a tool problem, it’s a cultural, organizational, process and workflow problem.

Join us to learn from these industry leaders how they're addressing

Data complexity and overload
Education and awareness
Preserving product research
Reusing previous project decisions
Selection to specification process
AIA Materials Pledge reporting & prep for LEED v5

They'll share their stories about the progress they’re making using Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library, the only collaborative solution for creating a knowledge base of products & materials that meet carbon impact AND human health goals.

We're making low-carbon and healthy material selection accessible to all project teams by making the information easy to understand & use, not just easy to find.

Attend if you are a project team member from a large or small
Architecture & design firm
Sustainability consulting firm
Integrated construction company
Real estate owner

BPMs: Project Builder & Library is a demand / reward system.

Attend to learn about how your high-performance products & materials are already getting added to Projects & Libraries.

Every week more AECOs contact us to contact you about activating your Free listing to provide them better information. Why wait until you're asked?

Behr Paint, Mohawk Group and TOTO

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:46:00 -0400

Designing for beauty, performance & impact

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As the industry ambitiously works to reduce the carbon and health risks of design & construction materials, these MFRs are at the forefront of innovation and transparency. Join us to learn about how these category leaders make their products, why they provide EPDs, HPDs, Living Product Challenge and Declare Labels and what they've learned along the way.

With special guests

Dale McIntyre, VP Sustainability | Behr Paint Company
Amber Jones, Director, Architect & Design Strategic Initiatives | Behr Paint
Alexandra Bradford, Sustainability Manager | Mohawk Group
Gary Soe, Engineering Manager | TOTO
Terry Swack, Founder & CEO | Sustainable Minds – Moderator

Join us to learn about

Each brand's history, transparency journey stories, strategies and innovations creating new solutions and improving manufacturing practices
Their learnings and benefits from creating EPDs and material disclosures
How to use Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library to collaboratively build your organization's materials knowledge base of projects, project templates and product collections, according to your own selection criteria, with live, up-to-date product and transparency content
How we've become an official mindful MATERIALS Technology Partner

Visit the Transparency Catalog to select, specify & procure their products.

Behr Paint Company is one of the largest manufacturers of paints, primers and stains for residential and commercial built environments. The company is deeply committed to advancing innovative solutions to reduce its environmental footprint by developing durable products that protect surfaces using mindful formulations, packaging and sustainable practices.

Mohawk Group is the world’s leading producer and distributor of quality commercial flooring, and believes that better floor coverings emerge from better design, innovation, sustainability, project solutions and operational excellence. As the commercial division of Mohawk Industries, the company has a heritage of craftsmanship that spans more than 130 years.

TOTO is committed to making product transparency reporting simple, understandable and useful. Transparency is the cornerstone of all TOTO’s activities. It is key to providing customers with informed choices about our products and a profound understanding of the ethic upon which we operate.

Who uses the Transparency Catalog?

Mon, 05 May 2025 10:28:00 -0400

Terry Swack, Sustainable Minds Founder & CEO, provides an in-depth, data-driven look into the Transparency Catalog’s growth in usage and demand.

Now with the integration of Project Builder & Library, building product manufacturers who ‘activate’ their company listing, can truly leverage their product transparency investments to maximize visibility and engagement with the most targeted and motivated users in the high-performance building industry. They are looking to add products like yours to their Projects & Libraries.

If you are a building product manufacturer who...1. Already has a free listing, contact us to learn more about the value and process of activating your listing (it’s not a lot of work)!

2. Has not yet invested in EPDs or material disclosures and looking to get started (or you have and are looking to create more) — you’ve come to the right place. We can support you through the entire journey and start getting your products into Projects & Libraries!

Get in touch!

Creating Knowledge Workers for the Greener Product Marketplace

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:46:00 -0500

Learn how design, engineering and business educators are teaching innovation through life cycle thinking.

From in-person to online degree programs and professional training, educators from a broad range of disciplines are using Sustainable Minds Eco-concept + LCA Software to enrich and expand these programs, teaching life cycle thinking through hands-on experience.

Join us on March 20th, when they will share their learnings and success stories about how they use Sustainable Minds to engage students in the essential conversation about modeling, measuring and interpreting results.

Their stories will demonstrate

Using Sustainable Minds in the classroom, in online programs and in collaborative projects by undergraduate students, graduate students and professionals
Using environmental performance to drive product strategy creating breakthrough concepts

PANELISTS

Guerry Grune
Adjunct Professor, MEMP Department
Pratt School of Engineering
Duke University
Course: Sustainable Products for Green Energy Transition(s)

Carolyn Shafer
Director of Sustainability for Academic Affairs
Pratt Institute
Course: Life Cycle Analysis

Holly Robbins
Instructor, MA in Sustainable Design Program
MCAD
Course: The Practice of Design

Terry Swack
CEO & Moderator
Sustainable Minds

Cascadia Windows & Doors, SINAK, and Bio-Plastic Solutions

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:46:00 -0500

As the industry ambitiously works to reduce the health risks of design & construction materials, these MFRs are at the forefront. Learn from the leading fenestration, concrete chemicals and bio-plastic engineering companies about how they're making products with no LBC Red List ingredients, offering innovative, higher-performing solutions in each of their categories.

Learn from Sustainable Minds about how the Transparency Catalog, now with Project Builder & Library, is making low-carbon and healthy material selection accessible to all project teams!

With special guests

Solveig Rey | Commercial Sales | Cascadia Windows & Doors
Ian Higgins | Director of Operations | SINAK
Danny Noble | VP Proprietary Products | Bio-Plastic Solutions
Terry Swack | Founder & CEO | Sustainable Minds – Moderator

Join us to learn about

Each brand's history, transparency journey stories, strategies and innovations creating new solutions and improving manufacturing practices
Their learnings and benefits from creating EPDs and material disclosures
How to use Transparency Catalog Project Builder & Library to collaboratively build your organization's digital knowledge base of projects, project templates and product collections, according to your own selection criteria, with live, up-to-date product and transparency content

Visit the Transparency Catalog to select, specify & procure their products.

Cascadia Windows & Doors, for more than a decade, has led the high-performance fenestration industry, providing an alternative to traditional aluminum and vinyl windows. The company’s award-winning Universal Series™ window and doors allow architects and designers to deliver more energy efficiency and resilient of buildings, with a lower carbon footprint.

SINAK is a concrete chemical manufacturer that specializes in sustainable building materials that are environmentally friendly, easy to apply, and ultimately, save customers time and money. They have revolutionized curing and sealing technology to create products that eliminate waste and extend the life of concrete for decades.

Bio-Plastic Solutions is an industry leader in bio-plastic engineering and the manufacturing of proprietary bio-based poly resins and products. Their bio-based innovations are designed to provide alternative solutions for governments, organizations, and businesses that are committed to publicly utilizing environmentally sensitive products and processes.

The Transparency Catalog is the leading source of building & construction products for high-performance, low-carbon buildings AND the first end-to-end collaborative workflow solution for sourcing products & materials that meet carbon impact AND human health goals. Find out why and how AECOs and MFRs use it.

Demystifying Transparency Data Creation & Management: Humans, APIs and AI

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:50:00 -0500

Part 1: EC3 embodied carbon comparisons – What, why & how?

The urgency to transform the built environment is fueling demand for better data, innovative workflows and advanced tools. Join us for an inside look at the challenges faced by transparency data creators as they work to deliver timely and accurate information.

We frequently get asked how the content in the Transparency Catalog is acquired and curated, i.e., how MFRs, products and disclosures get added, the frequency of updates, MFR involvement and more. With the increasing demand for EPDs and material disclosures, more MFRs are creating more disclosures from more data creators at a faster rate! Welcome to our world!

Join us for this crash session to learn about

How EC3 is categorizing the significant influx of EPDs
What is involved in making Pilot and Draft categories public
How high quality PCRs lead to high quality EPDs that
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TOTO Pioneers Plumbing Industry's First Environmental Product Declarations for Bidet Seats and Smart Bidet Toilets

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:57:00 -0500

TOTO Again Leads in Environmental Reporting Innovation, Setting a New Standard for Clear, Accessible Reports that Empower the Design-Build Community and Consumers to Make Informed, More Sustainable Choices

MORROW, Ga., Dec. 5, 2024 (PRNewswire) – TOTO, the world's largest plumbing manufacturer with over $5.34 billion in annual sales, announced a historic milestone today with the introduction of the plumbing industry's first Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its WASHLET^® S7 bidet seats and NEOREST^® NX and WX smart bidet toilets. These revolutionary EPDs provide comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) and material health data in a user-friendly format, demonstrating TOTO's ongoing leadership in sustainability and product transparency.

TOTO sets bar with first Environmental Product Declarations for bidet seats and smart toilets, driving sustainability.

This achievement builds on TOTO's landmark 2013 accomplishment as the first plumbing manufacturer to introduce EPDs for its high-efficiency toilets. By pioneering product transparency over a decade ago, TOTO set a lasting precedent for sustainability in the plumbing industry, paving the way for today's groundbreaking advancements.

"As a company committed to shaping a sustainable future, TOTO is pleased to be the first in the plumbing industry to provide environmental product declarations for our WASHLET and NEOREST models. This is a significant step in empowering our customers and the design-build community with the information they need to make informed, more sustainable choices," said Hidemi Ishikawa, CEO of TOTO USA. "We believe transparency is key to creating a better world, and we are honored to lead the way."

Key Features of TOTO's Groundbreaking EPDs
With its revolutionary new Transparency Reports [EPD]™ from Sustainable Minds^® (SM) for its bidet seats and smart bidet toilets, TOTO is redefining industry standards by presenting comprehensive LCA and material health data in a user-friendly format. As the first company to develop EPDs for bidet seats and smart bidet toilets, TOTO is again demonstrating its leadership in environmental transparency and sustainable innovation. These reports provide clear and actionable insights into the environmental performance and material health data of TOTO's WASHLET S7 series bidet seats and NEOREST NX and NEOREST WX series smart bidet toilets, covering everything from raw material extraction to manufacturing and end-of-life disposal.

During the development of its Transparency Reports [EPD]™, TOTO meticulously analyzed over 1,600 components parts in its WASHLET and NEOREST products, with five months spent collecting data across the TOTO Global Group and an additional four months conducting analysis using advanced LCA modeling software.

Verified by NSF to global environmental reporting standards, TOTO's Transparency Reports [EPD]™ establish a new industry benchmark for sustainable plumbing products and transparent environmental reporting.

"TOTO's leadership in transparency and sustainability has set a powerful example for the entire industry," said Terry Swack, CEO of Sustainable Minds^®. "Through our work together, we've seen firsthand how providing meaningful environmental and material data can transform how consumers and design-build professionals make informed purchasing decisions that help create higher-performing, healthier buildings."

Advancing Sustainability and Material Health: The Living Building Challenge and Declare Program
TOTO is proud to announce that its NEOREST NX, NEOREST WX, and WASHLET S7 series are also "compliant" with the Living Building Challenge (LBC) materials requirements established by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). Recognized as one of the most rigorous sustainability frameworks globally, the LBC promotes regenerative design, healthier built environments, and non-toxic materials. Achieving "compliant" status under the exacting LBC framework reflects TOTO's unwavering commitment to sustainability and material health. It reinforces TOTO's leadership in creating innovative products that support global environmental, wellness, and material health goals while advancing a sustainable built environment.

Through the ILFI's Declare Program, which simplifies and facilitates the transparent exchange of information about product components, these TOTO products have been evaluated for their material health and sustainability. The NEOREST NX series has achieved LBC "Red List Free" status, confirming the absence of harmful chemicals identified by the LBC's Red List. Additionally, the NEOREST WX and WASHLET S7 series have earned "Red List Approved" status, meeting the LBC's stringent transparency requirements and adhering to its approved exceptions. These designations highlight TOTO's dedication to producing sustainable, transparent, and environmentally responsible products that support the development of healthier, more sustainable buildings.

Empowering Consumers and Professionals
Both design-build professionals and consumers benefit from TOTO's SM Transparency Reports [EPD]™ with LBC and Declare data, which provide clear, reliable data on the sustainability and material health of TOTO's products.

For consumers, this means they no longer need to choose between luxury and sustainability. Products like the WASHLET S7 bidet seat and NEOREST smart bidet toilets provide high-performance, luxurious features while being environmentally responsible and ensuring safe, non-toxic materials.

These reports also contribute valuable points toward LEED certification for sustainable building projects.

A Reflection of TOTO's Corporate Social Responsibility
TOTO's leadership in sustainability is also evident in its efforts to reduce the company's carbon footprint globally, which is a cornerstone of its WILL2030 goals and its commitments to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). TOTO's dedication extends to transparent environmental reporting and sustainable manufacturing, reinforcing TOTO's broader commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainable innovation.

Global Recognition by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
TOTO's sustainability efforts received global recognition when the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) named it an "A List" leader in environmental transparency and effectiveness. This honor highlights TOTO's commitment to reducing carbon emissions, advancing water conservation initiatives, and meeting the CDP's rigorous ecological performance and transparency standards.

In 2023, over 23,000 companies registered with the CDP, but fewer than 400 earned an A rating. This distinction places TOTO among the elite 1.74% of companies worldwide, highlighting its sustainability leadership and proactive strategies to mitigate environmental impacts.

Industry Impact and Future Innovation
With 22 EPDs already published and more in development, TOTO's commitment to transparency reporting is burgeoning.

The next step includes expanding its SM Transparency Reports [EPD]™ to additional product lines, such as commercial and residential fixtures, lavatories, and faucets. Building professionals have already praised these reports for helping them make informed, sustainable design decisions. By setting this new standard for environmentally conscious innovation, TOTO will continue driving green building practices across the industry.

"As an independent and accredited third-party certifier, the credibility of NSF-certified environmental information cannot be overstated," said Dave Purkiss, Vice President of Water at NSF. "SM Transparency Reports [EPD]™ are an important contribution to the plumbing industry's sustainability efforts, and we're proud to provide TOTO third-party support to help them fulfill their vision."

About TOTO
TOTO USA is headquarters for the Americas Division of the TOTO Global Group, established in 1917 with the founding of TOTO, Ltd., in Kitakyushu, Japan. TOTO is the world's largest bathroom fixtures and fittings manufacturer, with $5.34 billion in annual sales (April 2022 to March 2023). For over 100 years, TOTO has been the recognized leader in innovation, technology, performance, and design with products that enhance the luxury bathroom experience. Today, the company maintains 36,188 employees in 17 countries and owns manufacturing facilities worldwide in countries as diverse as Japan, Mexico, Germany, the USA, India, and China. TOTO is dedicated to engineering products that respect the environment while meeting people's comfort, beauty, and performance needs. Winner of numerous domestic and international awards and recognitions, TOTO is the only plumbing manufacturer honored as Water Efficiency Leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

For more information, consumers may visit www.totousa.com or call 1.888.295.8134, Option 5. Follow TOTO on X (@TOTOUSA) and Instagram (@TOTOUSA) and become a TOTO fan on Facebook.

About Sustainable Minds
Sustainable Minds is the only end-to-end product transparency solutions provider for building product manufacturers today. The company is an ISO 14025 EPD / PCR program operator committed to understandable and reliable reporting; provides LCA, material evaluation and carbon accounting services, and delivers innovative digital tools to get products into projects. The Transparency Catalog™, the leading source of building & construction products for high-performance, low-carbon and healthier buildings, makes it super easy for industry professionals to collaboratively select, specify, and procure products, and reward building product manufacturers for making them.

About NSF International
NSF is an independent, global services organization dedicated to improving human and planet health for more than 80 years by developing public health standards and providing world-class testing, inspection, certification, advisory services and digital solutions to the food, nutrition, water, life sciences and consumer goods industries. NSF has 40,000 clients in 110 countries and is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality, and Medical Device Safety.

Cascadia Windows & Doors Becomes First Window Manufacturer to Publish EPDs Using New PCR

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:34:00 -0500

LANGLEY, BC, Sept. 26, 2024 (PRNewswire) – Cascadia Windows & Doors is proud to announce the publication of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for the Universal Series™ Windows, Doors and Window Wall utilizing the new Fenestration Assemblies Product Category Rule (PCR) released in December 2023. This milestone makes Cascadia Windows & Doors the first window manufacturer in the world to issue an EPD in accordance with the new PCR, underscoring the company's commitment to transparency and the transition to high-performance building design. These EPDs follow on the heels of the Cascadia Clip^©EPD, published in February 2024.

"This is very important milestone for the Universal Series™ and the company as a whole," says Mike Battistel, president of Cascadia Windows & Doors. "It's another testament to our commitment to providing the industry with accurate, detailed product information."

The new PCR—which prescribes standardized rules and methods for calculating and reporting the environmental impacts of products—allows for greater accuracy and consistency in the evaluation of a product's lifecycle impacts, particularly to report embodied carbon impacts.

"Over the last 5 years, architects and designers have been hungry for embodied carbon and environmental impact data for fenestration products," explains Battistel. "But we—and others in the industry—were concerned about using the original PCR from 2015 which was significantly out of date. We didn't want to use that PCR to develop our current EPDs if we were not going to provide accurate and up to date information to the industry."

Sustainable Minds—the program operator and LCA provider—was key in helping the company navigate first-use of the new PCR in the lifecycle assessment (LCA) and EPD process.

Terry Swack, Sustainable Minds' founder & CEO explains, "The new Fenestration Assemblies PCR had been in development for a very long time even after the original PCR had expired and extended for several years. As such there are very few current EPDs for window products. This is a complex PCR because it covers many product categories and many stakeholders were involved. Cascadia taking the lead to create the first EPDs clearly demonstrates their commitment to making higher-performing products and to providing transparency into what and how they're doing it."

With these new EPDs, Cascadia Window & Doors offers another crucial tool for architects, developers, and specifiers, empowering them to make informed product decisions and help meet embodied carbon goals.

"We're excited to offer these EPDs to clients so they can easily and confidently support jurisdiction with embodied carbon targets, such as the City of Vancouver, as well as pursue firm-related goals like the 2030 Challenge," says Battistel. "Once again, incredibly proud of our team for this achievement."

For inquiries, please contact:
Chris Guelpa
Marketing & Business Development Director
Cascadia Windows & Doors
236.997.7033

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The Transparency Catalog Remains an Essential Tool for Sourcing Products with EPDs for High-Performance Buildings

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:03:00 -0500

Nearly every one of Engineering News Record’s 2023 and 2024 ‘Top 5 Green Design Firms and Contractors by Sector’ across 8 sectors rely on the Transparency Catalog to support sustainability and decarbonization goals.

BROOKLINE, Mass., Dec. 5, 2024 (PRNewswire) – As the building industry intensifies its focus on decarbonization, the Sustainable Minds® Transparency Catalog™ continues to be a crucial resource for design and construction professionals. According to Engineering News Record, nearly all the organizations featured in both the 2023 and 2024’Top 5 Green Design Firms and Contractors by Sector’, across 8 sectors, use the Transparency Catalog to effectively meet their sustainability and decarbonization objectives. Additionally, 90% of the Top 25 contractors and 75% of the top 50 in both Top 100 lists are Transparency Catalog users. This widespread traction underscores the Catalog's importance in driving informed product choices that contribute to high-performance building practices.

How Embodied Carbon Fits into EPDs and Decarbonization

EPDs report the life cycle impacts of products and materials, making it possible to make better informed decisions. In an EPD, embodied carbon is one of the most prominent metrics, as it represents the ‘upfront’ emissions before the product is even put to use. Early-stage material and supply chain decisions are increasingly recognized as having the greatest impact on ‘carbon costs’, underscoring the importance of integrating sustainability from the start of the design process.

Easy access for design and construction organizations to products with EPDs means big benefits for building product manufacturers with EPDs.

Leopardo Construction works with a wide variety of green building rating systems, all of which recognize EPDs. “We use the Transparency Catalog frequently on our projects as it’s the quickest and easiest way to get embodied carbon data. It does a great job of taking the manufacturer data and outputting the salient metrics in a quick and easy to digest manner,” explained Patty Lloyd, LEED Fellow, WELL AP and Director of Sustainability at Leopardo Construction.

“One of the strategies in our internal Jobsite Sustainability Strategies Program is to gather EPDs from our subcontractor trades to educate them about EPDs as the fundamental building blocks of carbon accounting. We recently did a study of the materials that our self-perform department utilizes. As part of that study, we provided them with information about which of their typical products had the lowest embodied carbon, so that when asked to use a lower carbon material, they would have the knowledge to make the proper selection. The Transparency Catalog was used to gather all of those metrics.”

One of the largest coatings companies in North America, Behr Paint Company, recently published EPDs for the majority of their interior and exterior architectural coatings and selected the Transparency Catalog as the way to expand their reach into the high-performance building industry.

"As the first paint manufacturer to make our products available on the Transparency Catalog, we are thrilled to support project teams creating higher-performing and healthier buildings," said Amber Jones, Director of Architect & Designer Strategic Initiatives at Behr Paint. "The Transparency Catalog aligns perfectly with our commitment to sustainability and we appreciate how it streamlines the research and selection process. It’s the only platform with a competitive analytics dashboard that gives us real-time visibility into the industry’s preference and demand for products with transparency information.”

“We’re extremely excited about ENR’s Top 100 Green Design Firms & Contractors report. It validates that we’re effectively reaching the people and organizations working to change the built environment. The industry relies on us to make environmental and material health data not just easy to find, but easy to use. Through our long-term partnership with Building Transparency and the EC3 tool, we make it easy to find the lowest carbon options in one click,” explained Sustainable Minds’ founder and CEO Terry Swack.

“No other product data platform has a data team like ours, with our method for aggregating and organizing EPDs to make it possible to select products with EPDs by type and embodied carbon results – in each MasterFormat® section,” said Swack. “At Greenbuild this year, people came to the booth just to thank us for the building Transparency Catalog!”

About Sustainable Minds

Sustainable Minds is the only end-to-end product transparency solutions provider for building product manufacturers today. The company is an ISO 14025 EPD / PCR program operator committed to understandable and reliable reporting; provides LCA, material evaluation and carbon accounting services, and delivers innovative digital tools to get products into projects. The Transparency Catalog™, the leading source of building & construction products for high-performance, low-carbon, healthier buildings, makes it super easy for industry professionals to collaboratively select, specify, and procure products, and reward building product manufacturers for making them.

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